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Susan Dirgham

@SusanDirgham

1/ Searching for the Truth. #Syria #Ukraine

May 2012: then foreign minister @bobjcarr expelled Syrian diplomats after the US blamed Syrian govt for 'the Houla #massacre'.
#auspol #ADF #RNBreakfast #RNDrive #LNL #abc730 #4corners

aph.gov.au/About_Parliame…

2/ Searching for the Truth. #Syria #Ukraine
An investigation into the #Houla #massacre pointed the finger at anti-govt extremists. But there was no debate by #auspol.
@bobjcarr
#ADF #RNBreakfast #RNDrive #LNL #abc730 #4corners

nationalreview.com/corner/report-…

3/ Searching for the Truth. #Syria #Ukraine
Few questioned MSM narrative on Syria: govt bad; US supported 'rebels' good.
But @TurnbullMalcolm raised questions.

Ref: …straliansforreconciliationinsyria.org/be-informed-ab…

@bobjcarr #auspol #ADF #RNBreakfast #RNDrive #LNL #abc730 #4corners

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Susan Dirgham

@SusanDirgham

@ggreenwald Yesterday, I could listen to @OksanaBoyko_RT's 2014 interview on #YouTube with former Australian PM #MalcolmFraser. Today, I can't. His sagacity and courage are sorely needed.#censored #NATO #insiders #LNL #RNBreakfast #mediawatch #abc730 #4corners @phbarratt

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt In 2015, a year after the coup in Kiev, Tom Switzer, from @RadioNational's #BetweenTheLines, wrote about Malcolm Fraser's views on #NATO, the #US, Russia, Ukraine, Crimea.
Wise observations, still.
@CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan
lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

@OksanaBoyko_RT @phbarratt @RadioNational @CISOZ @LowyInstitute @RodgerShanahan Last week, anticipating #Youtube would censor RT, which would mean @OksanaBoyko_RT's #WorldsApartRT interview would be unavailable, I transcribed it.

Until the full interview is once again available, I'll tweet some of what the former prime minister said.

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@MackayIM

@4corners notes Australia's strategy to vaccinate has been shrouded in secrecy.
#fourcorners

Interesting watching a GP basically tell an elderly person, don't worry about clots, when they asked what to do if that happens
#4corners.

Pfizer contacted Aus for "informal" discussions in a June 2020. No deal until Nov 2020.
AZ was a known platform, simple cold chain.
SciTAG met in mid-Aug to review the landscape.
C'wealth kept vaccine planning to itself, States lacking info
#4corners

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Tom Swann

@Tom_Swann

Settling in to livetweet #4Corners right now, thread below

https://twitter.com/4corners/status/1381555192601149442

.@m_brisso asks "Why is the government so insistent on ignoring the dissenters" - that is, almost everyone - "and pushing ahead" with gas subsidies ?

Nev Power, hand picked by the PM, "to solve problems".

A few minutes in, and we are already getting red lines connecting profile pictures in an influence diagram.

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Australian Democrats

@AustDems

Yes, the public absolutely has a right to know about Canberra's culture. Because the people working there aren't just representing us the public as our elected representatives, they're formulating the laws that control our society. 1/7
#auspol #4corners
smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Having seen the behaviour revealed in the @4corners report, does anyone seriously think that these men are in any position to legislate on behalf the female portion of our population with any kind of care or respect? When they treat female staffers as a perk of office 2/7

how can they be trusted to act to close the gender pay gap, fund domestic violence services, child care services, ensure that female dominated industries don't exploit and underpay their workers, and represent our society equally in parliament? 3/7

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iDrew

@AussiemacJ

I learnt today a Survivor mate, who was suffering deeply lost his battle early hours of this morning due to suicide. He couldn’t speak of his childhood. I know he was proud to show me the new pad he’d moved into and the succulent garden he’d grown. RIP mate, no more suffering 🌹

The message from me to #CARoyalComm Survivors is - It’s AOK not to be OK. I’m only a tweet, a phone call, an email away. For goodness sake sing out !

When I figure out how to do it, I’m going to roll out the all tweets of good will for my mates family. I want them to know he was not nor will ever be alone, ever again ! #MentalHealth #RUOK #CARoyalComm

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🔥 Anne Carlin

@sacarlin48

40 years ago today a driver crossed onto the wrong side of the road & hit my parents' car head on. Mum died a few hours later. Alone.The car was a Ferrari & the driver had a black manbag tied to this wrist. He lied in court about weather conditions aided & abetted by police 1/

At 2 inquests Mum's death was determined to be "accidental" The driver was never charged with any driving offence. The investigating police officer was the policeman guilty of framing #RosanneBeckett for attempted murder. His name was Peter Thomas bit.ly/2YeLnOF 2/.

Dad successfully applied to the NSW Supreme court to have the original inquest verdict quashed. Justice Woodwood was scathing about the investigation that (didn't) take place. It cost him hugely financially & emotionally. After the second inquest he became embittered & angry 3/

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Tim Read

@TimRRead

How did Rudd's emissions trading scheme unravel? #Greens have been a useful scapegoat for a decade, but maybe it's time to retire this argument and retire coal. theconversation.com/its-the-10-yea… #4Corners

More insights here crikey.com.au/2019/12/02/lab… and here greens.org.au/cprs #4Corners

Fortunately Labor and Greens agreed a year later to introduce a price on pollution in the Gillard government, which led to Australia's emissions actually falling. This was a successful collaboration. #4Corners

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Tom Swann

@Tom_Swann

No mention of the self described 'greenhouse mafia' who worked from within govt with industry to crash any climate policy throughout the Howard govt #4Corners

Wow Howard as the climate consensus builder that is a super cooked take on #4Corners

There are various reasonable views on CPRS but the idea that anyone wanted to shut down anything overnight is just bloody stupid

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Scott Hamilton

@SDHamiltonVIC

@ArthurRorris @edhusic @KKeneally @AdamBandt @WilkieMP @zalisteggall @adamkams @Sydney_Uni @jason_om @abc730 23 Apr: #RubyPrincess leaves AUS today - with captain and few hundred crew.

NSW Special Inquiry continues. No show by ship captain - sends hotel manager.

Senate Select Committee on Covid19 - first hearing today.

https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/status/1253205494774165510

@ArthurRorris @edhusic @KKeneally @AdamBandt @WilkieMP @zalisteggall @adamkams @Sydney_Uni @jason_om @abc730 23 Apr: CMO: pandemic cruise ship exercise - May last year! #RubyPrincess
‘we do planning exercises all the time’ & ‘those [drills a decade ago] were 'very massive exercises'

5 global public health emerg. since 2008. Didn’t rate a ‘massive pandemic drill’?
#Insiders @KKeneally

27 Apr “If we didn't have the cruise ships," Professor Collignon said, "our curve would have looked a lot better, a lot sooner." Prof Peter Collignon
#RubyPrincess
abc.net.au/news/2020-04-2…

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Scott Hamilton

@SDHamiltonVIC

@ArthurRorris @edhusic @KKeneally @AdamBandt @WilkieMP @zalisteggall #RubyPrincess crew (~1000) wait for approval to *fly* home.

Interesting who’s in charge of what:
‘NSW Health..advising Australian Border Force and NSW Police on..the crew, but..to disembark.."they need the approval of the NSW Police Commissioner"
t.ly/l7B1

@ArthurRorris @edhusic @KKeneally @AdamBandt @WilkieMP @zalisteggall BREAKING: Last AUS pandemic drill was in 2008.

Since then WHO declared 5 global health public emergencies:
Swine flu, 2009
Polio, 2014
Zika, 2016
Ebola, 2014 & 2019

“some of these errors [eg. #RubyPrincess] may not have occurred." @adamkams @Sydney_Uni t.ly/9857

@ArthurRorris @edhusic @KKeneally @AdamBandt @WilkieMP @zalisteggall @adamkams @Sydney_Uni ICYMI: Heartbreaking stories from the #RubyPrincess fiasco by @jason_om @abc730
‘These are real people, real examples’
They deserve a Federal Royal Commission #RubyRC to get to the bottom of what happened an make sure it does not happen again. #auspol

https://twitter.com/abc730/status/1250559528476655618

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Finley Tobin

@finley_tobin

When @Milliganreports asked me in my #4Corners interview what I felt when I heard what happened to Paris, I said I felt sad. I was sad that Peter Kehoe was allowed to work with children in the first place. I was sad that Paris was subjected to his monstrous, sickening behaviour.

I was sad that when he turned to his school for help, they turned away, and supported the offender instead. I was sad that all of this happened alongside the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

I was sad, but now I am angry. We know that regret is no longer good enough. We know that lying low to the wall is no longer acceptable. I know, from being Paris' friend for 6 years, that regret and lying low to the wall do not heal the wounds that child sexual abuse inflicts.

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Serena Tinari

@serenatinari

#JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange We express our grave concern for #Assange wellbeing, his detention and the draconian espionage charges. This case stands at the heart of #freespeech .@gianninasegnini signed speak-up-for-assange.org

#Assange made an outstanding contribution to public interest journalism, transparency, government accountability. He is singled out and prosecuted for publishing information that should never have been withheld from the public .@noamchomskyT signed #JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange

Julian Assange charged #EspionageAct for publishing #WarDiaries State Dept Cables In a democracy, journalists can reveal war crimes torture and abuse without having to go to jail. It is the very role of the press in a democracy. .@edwyplenel signed #JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange

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Chengxin Pan

@ChengxinPan

Creating such a picture is exactly what's intended. It'll be deeply etched onto as many people's minds as possible, & serve as a subconscious, shortcut prism through which people can interpret and gather effortlessly more China-related news. So the picture will sustain itself.

https://twitter.com/hardenuppete/status/1183690214864125952

It will feed another generation of 'China watchers' (fulltime or casual), who then will produce & supply more materials and expert opinions to further validate that picture. When any random person on the street can describe vividly what that picture is, it's mission accomplished.

There is a lot said & done by CCP and certain Chinese students we don't like or endorse (the reverse is true I suspect). If someone breaks the law here, by all means apply the law. But it's unhelpful to tap into already-overflowing sense of concern & fear to spread more fear...

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Scott Ludlam

@Scottludlam

hook into #4Corners right about now abc.net.au/4corners/

livestream here: iview.abc.net.au/show/abc-live-…

here's australian spies wiretapping the government of timor leste to defraud them out of gas resources in the timor sea.

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AJ Sadauskas

@ajsadauskas

Via @GeoffHanmer: "The introduction of the Building Code of Australia, now the National Construction Code (NCC) from the mid-1980s was driven by an agenda to increase self-regulation in the building industry... with the aim of reducing construction costs." afr.com/real-estate/re…

"By 2004, the Productivity Commission had given deregulation a big tick. In a 2004 report it theorised billions of dollars would be saved by moving to a more flexible regulatory environment. It did not consider the cost of rectifying buildings." #Auspol

afr.com/real-estate/re…

For anyone who's interested, the full 2004 Reform of Building Regulation report is still available online. It certainly makes for some... interesting... reading in light of the recent problems with buildings. #Auspol

You can download it here: pc.gov.au/inquiries/comp…

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Mehreen Faruqi

@MehreenFaruqi

Reports Australian universities have accepted funding from CETC are extremely disturbing, given the company’s role in the tech that is oppressing Uyghurs in China. That Aus research may have contributed to profiling Uyghurs is equally distressing #auspol

abc.net.au/news/2019-07-1…

Universities must now review their existing partnerships and their research ethics process to ensure their work does not contribute to global oppression and abuses of human rights.

This is a clear failure of the ethics process and universities’ responsibility to the common good.

Universities accepting funding from any military organisation that aims to develop the tools of war and oppression is ethically compromising. Our universities should reject this collaboration, funding and the military-industrial influence that comes with it.

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Randa Abdel-Fattah

@RandaAFattah

#4Corners Thread
1. Explaining Saudi Arabia’s DEPLORABLE laws against women in religious/cultural terms pathologises Muslims. Yes patriarchy, deformed and wacky interpretations of Islam, but make an effort to understand who created the problem in the first place, and why.

2. 'The West’ cries croc tears about the treatment of Saudi women. Honestly, they could care less. The Wahabi fringe sect survived because of an alliance with the Al Sa’ud family and the British, later the US (FDR’s infamous meeting w/ Saudi King in '45).

3. Kingdom of Saudi was established as an artificial state invented by colonial forces to serve the interests of Western imperialism especially when it came to oil.

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Bee

@BelindaJones68

OK, I've been doing a bit more digging on @stuartrobertmp , you might want to listen up to this @ScottMorrisonMP

Late yesterday, Friday 12 Oct 2018, Stu said he had repaid $37,975.00 regarding his internet expenditure charged to the taxpayer for home internet.
#auspol #insiders

I decided to double-check Stu's figures, because quite frankly, I wouldn't trust Stu as far as I could throw him and I'm not real confident in the Finance Dept either, just quietly @MathiasCormann.

Stu was elected in 2007, MP for Fadden, QLD. He assumed office on 24 November 2007.

Robert served in both Abbott & Turnbull's Ministries, holding various portfolios including Minister for Human Services. Robert is currently Assistant Treasurer in the Morrison Ministry.

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Susan Dirgham

@SusanDirgham